Elderly woman trapped in car overnight

(c) Rega

Helicopter search teams have found a 79 year old woman who was trapped in her car overnight in the mountains in canton Bern.

The woman was reported missing on Tuesday evening. She’d driven off the road near Moutier and had fallen down an embankment.

She was found by the helicopter at 5am yesterday which was using a device designed to track mobile phones. 

She had to be freed by fire crews. 

She was taken to hospital suffering minor injuries. 

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